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Dubai: du, the smaller of two phone companies in the United Arab Emirates, is restructuring operations and outsourcing jobs as it seeks to boost earnings, Chief Executive Officer Osman Sultan said.

The company formally known as Emirates Integrated Telecommunications started the reorganisation programme on January 1, Sultan said in a phone interview with Bloomberg News Monday. du is outsourcing roles at some call centers in the company's information technology department, a move that is unrelated to the restructuring of operations, Sultan said. The outsourcing will continue this year and next, he added.